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Irish mobster John Milligan walks free from court with no jail time after plea bargain deal on drug and gun offences in Spain's Costa Blanca

Irish ‘mobster’ John Gilligan, 71, avoids jail for ‘smuggling cannabis in flip flop shipments’ after securing plea bargain deal on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Irish mobster John Gilligan avoided jail on Monday after agreeing a plea bargain with prosecutors over drug trafficking and gun possession charges. The same arrangement

4 Sep, 2023 @ 16:55

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

‘Cat killer’ who was ‘caught murdering a kitten on CCTV’ and accused of stealing three others from an animal shelter on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

A MAN who killed cats and stole them from an animal shelter has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in El Verger. The 28-year-old Spaniard

4 Sep, 2023 @ 15:01

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Irish holidaymaker hunted after fleeing accident scene after his rental car smashes head-on into oncoming vehicle and kills driver on Spain's Costa Blanca

Irish holidaymaker hunted after fleeing accident scene when his rental car smashes head-on into oncoming vehicle and kills driver on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE are looking for an Irish motorist who collided head-on with another car- killing the other driver in the Torrevieja area. The smash happened at

4 Sep, 2023 @ 12:40

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Two Albanians who ‘robbed more than FIFTY homes’ are arrested: Prolific duo accused of targeting expat neighbourhoods across Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO MEN have been arrested for robbing 51 homes in Alicante province, with authorities believing they may have committed more offences. The Albanian nationals aged

1 Sep, 2023 @ 17:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Emergency alert texts to be sent to EVERY phone in areas most at risk from ‘historic’ Gota Fria across Spain’s Valencia region

EMERGENCY alert messages will be sent this weekend to mobile phones in the Valencian Community to warn about problems caused by predicted ‘Gota Fria’ storms.

1 Sep, 2023 @ 12:58

Alicante·Castellon·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Lucky cat cashes in one of its nine lives after miraculously surviving cliff plunge on Spain's Costa Blanca

Lucky cat uses one of its nine lives after miraculously surviving 20 metre cliff plunge on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A CAT used up one of its nine lives after falling 20 metres to the rocky ground at Benissa’s Pinets cove. The lucky feline is

31 Aug, 2023 @ 18:50

Animals·Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Retired policeman going through separation kills wife and then turns gun on himself in Spain’s Valencia

A RETIRED Policia Nacional officer held his wife hostage in Alzira on Wednesday before shooting her dead and turning the gun on himself. The deceased

31 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Residents angry about quarry getting environmental go-ahead to reopen on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A RESIDENTS group in San Miguel de Salinas say they don’t want a clay quarry to reopen because of heavy lorries using narrow roads and

31 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Environment·Lead·Valencian Community

Forgetful father faces homicide charge in Spain after 'his daughter, 2, dies in locked car in ordeal lasting for hours

Thieves rob tourists walking around streets of Costa Blanca city in Spain

THE POLICIA NACIONAL in Alicante have arrested two men who robbed a group of French tourists. The Algerian nationals aged 20 and 29 took a

31 Aug, 2023 @ 11:23

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Trucks are filled with 120,000kg of tomatoes ahead of annual La Tomatina festival in Spain’s Valencia

Tomatoes aplenty in exciting La Tomatina fight with extra participants in Spain’s Valencia area

AN estimated 18,000 people turned the streets of Buñol red on Wednesday in the annual ‘La Tomatina’ tomato fight. Numbers were up by 2,000 more

30 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Cruel practice of setting fire to frame attached to bull's horns is banned on Spain's Costa Blanca

Cruel practice of setting fire to frame attached to bull’s horns is banned by Costa Blanca town in Spain

EL VERGER in Alicante province has banned bull runs known as ‘els bous embolats’ which involve balls of flame being attached to the animal’s horns.

30 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Animals·Costa Blanca·La Cultura·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain will give young people €250 per month help pay for rapidly rising rents - but move divides opinion

EXPLAINER: Why one in five homes are lying empty during housing shortage on Spain’s Costa Blanca

OVER 209,000 properties are lying empty in Alicante province according to the National Institute of Statistics(INE)- around a fifth of all homes in the region.

30 Aug, 2023 @ 10:30

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead·Property·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Benidorm blitz on electric scooter law-breakers results in five seizures on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FIVE ELECTRIC scooters have been removed off Benidorm streets so far this August for not complying with municipal laws. Benidorm’s Policia Local have been carrying

29 Aug, 2023 @ 18:00

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Prostitutes run protection racket and beat up woman who wanted to work on same road in Spain's Costa Blanca

Prostitute turf war as women extort and beat up rivals wanting to work on same Costa Blanca street in Spain

TWO BRAZILIAN women have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for assaulting another prostitute that wanted to ‘work’ on the same Alicante street. The assailants

29 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Car thieves took orders from overseas clients to steal luxury vehicles throughout Spain

FOUR PEOPLE have been arrested in the Gandia area of Valencia province for stealing luxury cars that were specially ordered by overseas clients. Three vehicles

29 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Pedal power as cyclists demand why eco-friendly cycle routes are being removed across Costa Blanca city in Spain

Pedal power as cyclists protest over cycle routes being removed in Costa Blanca city in Spain

DOZENS of cyclists temporarily blocked the removal of a second cycle lane in Elche ordered by the new Partido Popular-Vox council. Workers were preparing to

29 Aug, 2023 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Lead·Valencian Community

Hero off-duty policeman saves three kids from drowning in Spain’s Castellon area

AN off-duty policeman has saved three kids from drowning in the sea in Castellon province The Guardia Civil officer, who was spending the day at

28 Aug, 2023 @ 18:45

Castellon·Lead·Valencian Community

Lawyer takes Vueling to court in Spain and wins after airline charged him €60 for hand luggage in what judge branded an ‘abusive practice’

Three Dutch passengers overpower drunk Spaniard who tried to open emergency door on flight from Spain’s Costa Blanca to Amsterdam.

THREE Dutch travellers overpowered a drunk Spaniard who tried to open the emergency door on a Vueling flight from Alicante-Elche airport to Schipol, Amsterdam last

28 Aug, 2023 @ 16:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

IN PICS: Bulls roam free on Spain’s A-3 motorway in Valencia after transport truck overturns

A GROUP of bulls managed to escape from their transport truck on Monday, after the vehicle suffered an accident on the A-3 motorway near Buñol

28 Aug, 2023 @ 15:45

Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Police officers called 'sons of bitches' are beaten up by angry family over illegally-parked car next to popular tourist promenade on Spain's Costa Blanca

Police beaten up by angry family and called ‘sons of bitches’ over illegally-parked car in popular tourist spot on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE MAYOR of Guardamar, has condemned a ‘cowardly and senseless’ attack on two Policia Local officers who asked a family at a terrace bar to

28 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Ready for the future: Shackleton International School in Valencia’s Burjassot is prepared to guide new Year 9 pupils through their next academic challenge

IT may be high summer, but Shackleton International School in Valencia’s Burjassot is preparing to put its first intake of Year 9 students through the

28 Aug, 2023 @ 11:51

Education·Sponsored·Valencia·Valencian Community

Anti-acid medicine maker removes adverts from Valencia area that associated heartburn with famous regional paella in Spain

A MAKER of anti-acid tablets says advertising posters will be taken down in the Valencia region which suggested the pills would clear heartburn caused by

26 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Asturias·Food & Drink·Health·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Majestic historic 14th century monastery will get new lease of life as upmarket five-star hotel in Spain’s Valencia

A 14TH century monastery outside Gandia in Valencia province is to be converted into a five-star hotel. The Castilla Termal group who operate upmarket wellness

26 Aug, 2023 @ 11:15

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Gourmet burger company founded by two brothers in Spain's Valencia announces nationwide expansion

Gourmet burger company created by two brothers ten years ago in Spain’s Valencia announces big nationwide expansion

THE VALENCIA gourmet burger restaurant chain ‘The Fitzgerald’ plans to celebrate its tenth anniversary this year with the opening of two new wholly-owned shops plus

26 Aug, 2023 @ 10:30

Business & Finance·Food & Drink·Valencia·Valencian Community

World’s top cyclists converge on Spain for start of La Vuelta in Barcelona

ONE OF the world’s premier road cycle races, La Vuelta, begins in Barcelona this Saturday with a team time trial starting at 7.05pm. Competitors will

26 Aug, 2023 @ 10:00

Alicante·Barcelona·Catalunya·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·Sport·Valencia·Valencian Community

The world’s biggest and craziest tomato fight will turn streets red next week in Spain’s Valencia

THE VALENCIAN town of Buñol is getting ready to see ‘red’ once again as the world-famous La Tomatina festival returns next Wednesday with tomatoes being

26 Aug, 2023 @ 09:15

La Cultura·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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